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Prairie Provinces, the

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1952 quote.

See: Prairies(def. 2)

Quotations

1878

[In our Prairie Province the nomination day is fixed for the 19th, and the elections for the 26th of the same month.]

1908

. . . the majority ruled, but the minority clamored from the prairie provinces. . . .

1952

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are known as the "Prairie Provinces" because they include the Canadian section of the vast grass-covered interior plains of North America.

1965

All three Prairie provinces are particularly unhappy about the special incentives being offered to attract industrial enterprises.